A fate worse than breath?

I never thought I’d need a home breathalyser. Not because I’m some soberer-than-thou abstainer, but because the drinking I do is indoors, when I know I have no need to go back out. But if you find yourself out socialising with your car keys in your pocket, there’s never been a better time to be a […]

Game on!

Hiker and haikuist Matuo Basho, the Japanese poet, once said “the journey itself is my home”. I’m assuming he didn’t have kids. I’m as one with Basho when it comes to going solo. Push me out of the door with a road map and a clear diary and I’m more than happy to spend days […]

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Third Report A friend e-mailed, “I bet you’re feeling so smug,” as Britain gradually turned into one big queue for the fuel pumps. Range anxiety came as standard with every journey in a combustion engine car this autumn, but to imagine all EV drivers were bypassing the queues with an aloof flick of their indicators […]

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Second Report I recently researched the potential death of the grille, given its growing redundancy in an EV-driven world. I felt sad because, let’s face it, who doesn’t suffer from pareidolia? Otherwise known as the human instinct to perceive a face in inanimate objects, millions spent on development can easily be blown by an unfortunate […]

Lightbulb moment! How a small town lived the electric dream

Draped in a wrinkle of the Surrey Hills, Godalming makes a fascinating target for an electric car excursion, even if, like to so many destinations, it’s not exactly choked with recharge points. Maybe that’s surprising, because as far as electricity and early adoption goes, Godalming is a trailblazer. Or was: 140 years ago, in the […]

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